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RISKS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

HEALTH

OPPORTUNITY

EDUCATION

SAFETY

less likely to use health services, with serious consequences for their health

Very poor and vulnerable people may have to make harsh choices

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the burden of illness may result in unhealthy sacrifices such as selling property and going without food to pay for medications

Lack of food, clean water and sanitation can be fatal

Sacrifice education to begin working to help meet the household’s costs.

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Overcrowded and poor living decisions increases the risk of air borne diseases such as Tuberculosis and Pneumonia

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Increase in HIV, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and malaria

Toxic Stress

Children living in poverty are more likely to develop chronic illnesses, including asthma and obesity.

children who live with food insecurity are likely to be sick more often, miss more school, and are hospitalized more frequently

EFFECTS ON PARENTS

prolonged stress, thereby increasing the production of stress hormones

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More likely to live in environments with higher crime and violence rates

disproportionately likely to attend schools in districts with fewer resources

Most do not attend college or receive a higher education

prolonged stress, thereby increasing the production of stress hormones

Higher depression rates and anxiety

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Most relive the cycle of poverty

Limited job opportunities

No financial guidance or support

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With multiple children, the expenses increases and adds more work load to parents

Lack of financial support to pursue a college degr

the lack of sanitation is higher

INFORMATION SOURCES

Murphey, 2014. 5 Ways Poverty Harms Children. Retrieved September 12, 2020, from https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-ways-poverty-harms-children)

Marino, 2019. The Effects of Poverty on Children. Retrieved September 12, 2020, from https://www.focusforhealth.org/effects-poverty-on-children/)

Roberts, 2018. Key Facts: Poverty and Poor Health: Health Poverty Action. Retrieved September 12, 2020, from https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news-events/key-facts-poverty-and-poor-health/)

Sacrifices for survival often result in endangerment

Lack of job opportunities require no academic acheivement

Disadvantages Due to Parental Lifestyles

Being unaware of the opprotunities

behavioral issues/ management

lack of financial support to obtain and use healthcare

lack of parental supervision because of work overload

lower life expectancy

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